Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-09-03

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followed such aLsH ~ 40
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With an universal d 81
howl of terror and ~
fury tho brawny A's-S ~
crowd Of savages . RgW n
within the kraal
sprang TO their v,s. ,.n,,.. a,
feet, many OF them fraai scene d
to fall again boz greatest slaugh
meath our we'll n c, .eIii o,,u,ro, >.
directed hail Of lead kraal.
before they had COCO, Wall of kraal
moved yard. For Do' MT. Maen h ano
moment they Ee. Ountermain and siz
stood undecided, men.
ana then bearing Fl, Good and ten men
the cries and curses men.
that rose unceas- II, Spot where sentry
ingly from the top 80, WIS %as h'i, nn, o,a
end OF the kraal, sleeping Nasal.
and bewildered by :, Flossie.
the storm OF bullets, they, as by one i'm.
pulse, rushed down toward the thorn stopped
tDbIduC6. fAS biios HGilb w ktlb pt'uIllih OuI
fire with terrible effect into the thickening
mob as fast as we could load. had emptied
my repeater of the ten shots 1t contained, anc
was just beginning to slip in some more when
bethought me of little Flossie. Looking uI
! saw that the white donkey was lying kick.
ing, having been knocked over either by one
of our bullets or Nasal spear thrust There
were no living Nasal near, but the black
nurse was on her feet and with a spear
cutting the rspe that bound Flossie's feet
Next second she ran to the wall of the kraal
and began to climb over it, an example
which the little girl followed. But Flossie
was evidently very stiff and cramped, and
could only go slowly, and as she went two
Nasal flying down the kraal caught sight OF
hen and rushed toward her to kill her. The
first fellow came up just as the poor little
girl, after a desperate effort to climb the
wall, fell back into the kraal Up flashed the
great spear, and as it did so bullet from my
rife found its home in the holders ribs, and
over he went like shot rabbit. But behind
him was the other man, and, alas, had only
that one cartridge in the magazine! Flossie
had scrambled to her feet and was facing the
second man, who was advancing with raised
spear. turned my head aside and felt sick
as death. could not bear to see him stall
her. CHANGING up again, to my surprise
saw the Masai's spear lying on the ground
while the man himself was staggering about
with both hands to his head Suddenly
saw puff Of smoke, proceeding apparently
from Flossie, and the man fell down head
long. Then | remembered the Derringel
pistol she carried, and saw that she had free
both barrels of it at him, thereby saving hel
life. In another instant she had made al
effort, and assisted by the nurse, who wa
| lying on the top, had scrambled over tn,
wall, and l knew that sac was, comparatively
| speaking, safe.
| All this takes some time to tell, but ] d,
not suppose that it took more than fifteel
seconds to enact. / soon got the magazine o
the repeater filed again with cartridges, ant
once more opened fire, not on the seethinl
black mass which was gathering at the en'
of the llraal, but on fugitives who bethough
them to climb the wall. picked off severa
| of these men, moving down towards the ent
of the kraal as | did So and arriving at til
corner, or rather the bend Of the oval, il
time to see, and by means Of my rifle t
assist in the mighty struggle that took plac
there.
Bythis time some 200 Masai-allowing tina
we had up to the present accounted for fit
had gathered together in front of the thor
stopped entrance, driven thither by the spear
of Goods men, whom they doubtless SUI
posed were large force instead of being br
ten strong. For some reason it never o.
Cured to them to try and rush the wal
which they could have scrambled over wit
comparative ease; they all made for IL
fence, which was really a strongly inte
woven fertilization. With bound the fir
warrior went at it, and even before
touched the ground on the other side / So
Sir Henry's great axe swing up and fall wit
awful force upon his feather head piece, al
he sank into the middle of the thorns. The
with yell and crash, they began to bret
through as they might, and ever as they can
the great axe swung and Inkosi-kaas flashe
and they fell dead one by one, each man tn
, helping to build up barrier against /
| fellows. Those who escaped the axes Of Il
, pair fell at the hands of the Askari and &
two mission Kaffirs, and those who pass
5 scathless from them were brought low by 4
own and Mackenzie's fire.
0 Faster and more furious grew the fightin
J.. Single Nasal would spring upon the de
' bodies Of their comrades, and engage one
o other of the axmen with their long spea
s but, thanks chiefly to the mail shirts, the
9 suit was always tho same.
i Good and his men were quito close by no
n and our people had to cease firing into
b mass for fear of killing some of them las
was, one of them was SHIN in this way). NJ
d and desperate with fear, the Nasal by
IS frantic effort burst through the thorn fei
o and piled UP dead, and sweeping Cur
st Umslopogaas, and tina other three Def,
y them, brpke into the open. And now
10 was that we began to lose men fast. Do
ID went our poor Askari who was armed W
If the ak, great spear standing out foot
ID hind his back; and before long the twos pee
L. men who hSd stood with him went down
1t dying fighting like tigers, and others of
al party shared their fate For momen
Of feared the fight was lost-certainly it tremb
or In the balance. shouted to my men to {
I'd down their rifles, and to take spears I
nd throw themselves into the melee ~
n obeyed, their blood being now thoroughly
lit and Mr.. Mackenzie's people followed Il
bit example.
er This move had a momentary good res
Of but still the fight hung in the balance.
nv Our people fought magnihcently hurI